Spain

Chronology of Coverage

Mar. 19, 2015

Serge Schmemann Editorial Notebook examines likely discovery of bones belonging to Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra in Spanish convent; welcomes discovery's potential to boost interest in Cervantes' works, but questions what it is about the graves of great writers and poets that gives them such strong appeal. MORE

Mar. 18, 2015

Spanish investigators say they may have located remains of Don Quixote author Miguel de Cervantes in subsoil beneath Convent of Discalced Trinitarians in Madrid. MORE

Mar. 11, 2015

Pablo Iglesias, ponytailed 36-year-old leader of Spanish left-wing Podemos party, is making radical waves in country's political scene, emulating rise of far-left Greek party Syriza; he is attempting to solidify and broaden party's appeal ahead of national elections. MORE

Feb. 15, 2015

Sexual assault case brought by Spanish man David Ramirez Castillo has become one of the most serious to emerge under Pope Francis, but has also come to symbolize church's more open and assertive approach under his tenure; allegations include child abuse, a sex ring and cover up involving as many as 10 priests; Francis encouraged Castillo to pursue his case after he contacted him personally, and then ordered investigation and complete transparency. MORE

Feb. 12, 2015

Moroccan security forces arrest hundreds of African migrants in country's north in attempt to keep them from crossing illegally into Spain. MORE

Feb. 1, 2015

Tens of thousands of demonstrators gather in downtown Madrid to participate in march organized by Podemos, left-wing party that is threatening to overhaul Spain's bipartisan party sytem. MORE

Jan. 27, 2015

Spanish Defense Ministry confirms that Greek F-16 fighter jet killed at least 10 people after it crashed into other planes on ground during NATO training program. MORE

Jan. 25, 2015

Authorities in Spanish territory of Ceuta in North Africa arrest four men suspected of belonging to militant Islamist network that may have been planning an attack in Spain. MORE

Jan. 25, 2015

Barrio de las Letras neighborhood of Madrid offers manageable rents and is filled with artsy and eclectic shops that sell everything from clothing to furniture and even guitars. MORE

Jan. 24, 2015

Luis Barcenas, former treasurer of Spain's Popular Party indicted in slush-fund scandal, accuses Prime Min Mariano Rajoy of being fully aware of party's illegal payments. MORE

Jan. 22, 2015

Barcelona Journal; city of Barcelona has accused daughters of wealthy industrialist Julio Munoz Ramonet of criminal theft and fraud in disappearance of important artworks from walls of mansion that he bequeathed to city at his death in 1991; Ramonet's daughters have denied allegations, saying collections removed from house had been given to them by benefactors other than their father and that did not belong to him. MORE

Jan. 6, 2015

Ibi Journal; annual mock coup that takes place in Ibi, Spain, in which mayor is humorously deposed for span of eight hours has special significance in wake of strong showing of new leftist party Podemos in Spanish vote for European Parliament; Spain's many recent corruption scandals and actual ouster of several mayors has led to record levels of dissatisfaction with government. MORE

Nov. 25, 2014

Memo from Melilla; Spanish authorities face novel legal challenge by human rights groups about border fences between Morocco and Spanish enclaves of Melilla and Ceuta; case rests on premise that some or all of the three fences that mark border are on Spanish soil and migrants are entitle to legal counsel, asylum claims or deportation proceedings for just being in proximity of fences. MORE

Nov. 23, 2014

Stacia Carr, co-founder of online video startup Vidnex, is among small business owners benefiting from Spanish law that grants business visas to foreign entrepreneurs; measure is part of Spain's effort to revamp domestic business amid recession, and offers start-ups a tempting alternative to hyper-saturated environment of Silicon Valley. MORE

Nov. 17, 2014

Spanish government is selling land in deals that politicians hope will fill treasuries and that critics see as a possible repeat of a real estate bubble that led to an economic crisis. MORE

Nov. 10, 2014

More than two million Catalans take part in non-binding straw poll, voting 80.7 percent in favor of independence from Spain. MORE

Nov. 9, 2014

Catalonian tradition of castell building has become rallying point of national pride as region presses to break away from Spain in coming straw vote; many see spectacle, in which people build human towers of over 3 stories high, as metaphor for independence. MORE

Nov. 8, 2014

Nov. 8, 2014

Saturday Profile of Carme Forcadell, head of the Catalan National Assembly; she has helped make Catalonia’s secessionist drive the biggest issue facing the Spanish government. MORE

Nov. 6, 2014

Nurse's aid Maria Teresa Romero Ramos, first person known to have contracted Ebola virus outside Africa, is released from Madrid hospital nearly month after testing positive for the disease; was found to be infected with Ebola after treating Spanish missionary, Manuel Garcia Viejo, who had returned from West Africa with the disease. MORE

Nov. 5, 2014

Regional government of Catalonia will go ahead with straw poll on independence, in seeming defiance of an order from Spain's Constitutional Court to suspend the ballot; episode is latest in two-year standoff between Prim Min Mariano Rajoy and Catlan leader Artur Mas over region's status. MORE

Oct. 22, 2014

Spanish security agents have arrested university student Nicolas Gomez Iglesias for impersonating a government adviser, brokering illegitimate business deals, and gaining access to coronation of country's new king; Gomez Iglesias pulled off his double life by falsifying police and secret service documents, gaining national notoriety and stoking debate about security lapses in Spain. MORE

Oct. 22, 2014

Maria Teresa Romero Ramos, Spanish auxiliary nurse who was the first person known to contract Ebola outside Africa, is declared free of the disease. MORE

Oct. 20, 2014

Historic districts in Barcelona and other cities across Spain are being transformed as tens of thousands of small and often family-run shops face eviction tied to end in 2014 of decades of rent control; shops are being replaced by outposts of large, international brands, only companies that can afford staggering spike in rents brought on by creeping gentrification. MORE

Oct. 17, 2014

Several new suspected cases of Ebola are reported in France and Spain, amid heightened fears in Europe that measures to prevent virus from spreading are insufficient. MORE

Oct. 17, 2014

Spain's High Court gives two former executives at bailed-out lender Bankia three days to hand over several million euros as it investigates claims of misuse of company credit cards. MORE

Oct. 15, 2014

Spain's ad hoc, improvisational response to citizens infected by Ebola virus and brought back to the country underscores holes in West's readiness to confront wider outbreak; cases of Ebola in Spain have raised urgent questions about risks of disease spreading even in developed countries, particularly among health care workers. MORE

Oct. 15, 2014

Oct. 9, 2014

Catalan leader Artur Mas says Catalonia remains on track for its scheduled vote on whether to break from Spain, but suggests he would not push the country to a constitutional crisis by holding the vote if it were deemed illegal. MORE

Oct. 9, 2014

Spanish health officials explain how auxiliary nurse Maria Teresa Romero Ramos became the first Ebola case in Western Europe, saying that it was likely she became infected when she touched her face with the gloves she had worn while tending to a Spanish missionary with Ebola at a Madrid hospital. MORE

Oct. 9, 2014

Dog named Excalibur who belonged to Ebola-infected nurse Maria Teresa Romero Ramos is destroyed by Spanish health officials, even as protesters and animal rights activists surround Madrid home of the nurse and her husband; online petition calling for dog’s life to be spared drew hundreds of thousands of signatures. MORE

Oct. 8, 2014

Spain's government comes under heavy criticism for its handling of Western Europe's first Ebola case, as health care workers argue that they have not been given proper training or equipment to handle the disease; government quarantines three more people and monitors dozens who had come into contact with infected nurse. MORE

Oct. 8, 2014

La Liga president Javier Tebas says Catalan clubs like Barcelona would be excluded from league soccer should the region succeed in its push for independence from Spain; other soccer news noted. MORE

Oct. 7, 2014

Nurse in Spain becomes first health worker to be infected with Ebola virus outside West Africa, raising serious concerns about how prepared Western nations are to safely treat people with the deadly illness; nurse contracted the illness while treating a Spanish missionary who was infected in Sierra Leone and flown to Madrid, where he died; infection exposes weak spots in Spain's highly praised health care defense systems. MORE

Oct. 1, 2014

Catalonia's regional government suspends its campaign for a planned independence vote in accordance with ruling issued by Spain's Constitutional Court; region says it will appeal the court order and insists that ruling has not ended its plan for a secession ballot. MORE

Sep. 30, 2014

Spain's Constitutional Court agrees to hear central government's challenge to planned independence referendum in Catalonia; Prime Min Mariano Rajoy says no part of Spain can break away without the agreement of the whole country. MORE

Sep. 24, 2014

Valladolid Journal; Francisco Javier Leon de la Riva, mayor of Valladolid, Spain, faces calls to step down following radio show in which he related his qualms about sharing an elevator with a woman because she might falsely claim rape; many women feel comments represent the very attitudes that have allowed high levels of domestic violence and sexual assault to persist for so long in country. MORE

Sep. 24, 2014

Nomination of Gala Leon as Spain's first female Davis Cup captain sparks controversy in country over whether a woman is fit to coach a man; debate comes amid recent advances for female coaches worldwide, but also at a low point for Spanish tennis. MORE

Sep. 23, 2014

Purchase of Madrid office tower by Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group puts Spain on the map for Chinese institutional investors; strengthening commercial ties will be on agenda when Spanish Prime Min Mariano Rajoy makes his first state visit to China. MORE

Sep. 12, 2014

Hundreds of thousands of Catalans rally in streets of Barcelona in what local leaders hope is prelude to the region's own vote of independence from Spain; Catalonia's 7.5 million people represent about 16 percent of the Spanish population and account for 19 percent of Spain's gross domestic product. MORE

Sep. 8, 2014

Spain's national police have embraced social media and police forces in Latin America and elsewhere have visited country to replicate its police department's Internet strategy; New York Police Dept also announces that commanding officers will take a course on using Twitter and how to release better information online about investigations. MORE

Sep. 4, 2014

Genalguacil Journal; biennial art festival in Genalguacil, Spain, aims to support Spanish artists and lure tourists to the remote village with population of a little more than 500. MORE

Sep. 4, 2014

British couple Brett and Naghmeh King, parents of 5-year-old boy with a brain tumor, are released from a prison in Spain and reunited with their child after British prosecutors drop charges; couple had been arrested for taking son out of Britain to seek alternative treatment. MORE

Sep. 3, 2014

Spanish judge orders the release of Brett and Naghemeh King, British parents who took their son Ashya to Spain for treatment without doctors' consent, after getting notification that Britain is no longer seeking their extradition; Ashya, who has severe brain tumor, is hospitalized in Malaga. MORE

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